Good afternoon. My story is as old as time, but I really need advice. I have a friend, a good acquaintance, we have been communicating for almost a year. During this time, every time we made attempts to develop the relationship into something more, he held back and repeated that we were friends. Once upon a time it happened to us straight Talk, during which I admitted that I was ready for a family and a serious relationship, so if I meet a worthy person, I will be ready to plan a future with him. I’m 21, I’m finishing university, working and building a career, but this doesn’t stop me, like all women, from wanting love and seriousness from a man. I told him that he is afraid of affection, and every time he repeats that we are friends, I get the impression that this is a simple male excuse. He replied: “No way, but I’m a responsible person and I understand that you can’t just date you for a few years, after a while you’ll want something even more serious, but I can’t give you anything yet. This is what it is.” emotional attachment, the absence of which you blame me for." He is 24, and due to some life circumstances, he had to start everything from scratch, including looking for a job. In general, as I understand it, he wants to look after a woman beautifully, providing her with everything she needs, A financial position he has a problem. We spent time together as friends, he showed all the signs of sympathy, I often noticed that he was jealous of me, and three days ago he came to my house, we talked for a long time, I drank a glass of wine (I wasn’t drunk and gave I’m aware of what I’m doing, given that I drink very rarely), we just sat hugging for a long time, he kept asking if I was okay with him, asked about my past relationships, and then we kissed, and he tried bring the matter to sex, but I stopped and said that I don’t know what he will tell me the next morning after this. To this he said: “But I don’t know what you will tell me, especially since you yourself said that you don’t like to stick to stereotypes and give definitions, because every relationship is individual.” In the end, I still refused intimacy, and he left. For three days now he has not called or appeared online. I don’t know at all whether this means that he is embarrassed and he is also worried, or he just needed sex, and not having received it, the next morning he decided that I would expect something from him, hope, and decided to remain silent. But again, judging by the signs of attention, and considering that he did not just immediately attack me and was sympathetic to my refusal, I still believe that he did not need just one thing. I will be glad to any opinion.